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Easy IT has been using, deploying and supporting Open Source solutions for our customers over the past 10 years. We believe in the freedom provided by the Open Source Software model and embrace the benefits it offers to our customers. Due to the fact that we provide both open source and proprietary (Microsoft etc.) solutions we are uniquely positioned to compare and measure these two distinctive sets against each other when making an implementation decision with or for our customers, enabling us to provide our customers with the best possible solutions available irrespective of the market segment.

Benefits / Advantages of using of Open Source solutions:

Reliability

Stability

Audit-ability

Cost

Flexibility and Freedom

Support and Accountability

Compatibility

Interoperability

We understand the inherent strengths of each model and are able to deploy and support hybrid and pure solutions. We do however provide a certain set of dedicated solutions based solely on the open source model.

The Open Source server model:It is entirely possible to use open source and free software as a server platform providing all the features any paid for solution can provide. This in itself offers huge cost savings due to the fact that no licensing fees are required, which usually accounts for almost half of the total cost of a "closed" server solution.

We primarily use the Linux based Debain and Ubuntu server operating systems due to its logical structure, compatibility, stability and leading edge implementations. It is important that those urban myths be dispelled, it is absolutely true that:

An end user can use a Linux driven network without noticing any difference compared to a "closed" solution

It is not difficult to use, manage or maintain

If you are at least slightly "connected", then you are already using Linux without knowing it

You can use your Apple Mac, Iphone etc. with a Linux server

You can use your Windows workstation/laptop with a Linux server

A Linux serer can do everything if not more than any other server based on a "closed" Operating System

Linux is compatible with most hardware and peripherals

Linux is more secure and stable than any other "closed" server solution

A Linux server solution costs much less than a "closed" solution with similar capabilities

Apart from the vast amount of open source and Linux based solutions you can find throughout our website, we also offer the following Open Source services